What is the difference between Oxide Brown Medium and Chalice Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Chalice Red is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Chalice Red

Oxide Brown Medium

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a342c (estimate)

Chalice Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.017
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #612f35 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chalice Red is cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Chalice Red instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Chalice Red is cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Chalice Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Oxide Brown Medium on the colour wheel See Chalice Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Medium

Oxide Brown Medium vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chalice Red
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Chalice Red
Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Chalice Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Chalice Red

Chalice Red vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Chalice Red vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Chalice Red vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Chalice Red equivalents